Request for Tender: Caring for Older People Program

Health Workforce Australia (HWA) invites suitably qualified consultants/contractors to submit a tender to undertake a case study on the delivery of the HWA Workforce Innovation and Reform: Caring for Older People (CfOP) program, as an example of the delivery of a national change program in workforce reform.

The successful respondent will be required to conduct a case study on the CfOP program, which analyses the process of delivering a national workforce change program, and compares that analysis to other international evidence of what works and the apparent gaps and make recommendations for strategy improvements and further research requirements in future programs of this nature. The primary foci of this case study are how the program has built individual, organisational and program team capacity and capability to deliver the program goal and the evidence used and hypotheses tested to deliver sustainable reform.

HWA's purpose in conducting this case study is to:

• demonstrate what does and does not work;
• identify gaps in knowledge;
• encourage emergent ‘best practice’;
• determine what should become accepted best practice (including lessons learnt and critical success factors) in delivering workforce innovation and robust outcomes in a national context; and
• contribute to the national and international knowledge in this area of practice.

This case study will involve consultations with both HWA internal and external stakeholders to the CfOP and extensive review of available information sources and documentation.

Full details, including RFT documentation and timeframe, were made available on the Caring for Older People Program Request for Tender page; as this tender process has now closed, details may be found, where applicable, in the Grants, Tenders and Contracts section of the website.